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The definition of a lee is a sheltered or protected area, or the direction away from the wind.

(noun)

An example of a lee is a basement in a tornado.

See lee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

shelter; protection
a sheltered place, esp. one on that side of anything away from the wind
Naut. the side or direction away from the wind

Origin: ME le < OE hleo, shelter, akin to ON hle, Du lij, Ger lee (in leesense ) < IE *leu- < base *el-, warm > L calere, to be warm

adjective

designating, of, or on the side sheltered or away from the wind
☆ facing or located in the direction toward which a glacier moves

noun

Origin: var. of Leigh; also short for Leroy

a masculine and feminine name

Lee, Ann 1736-84; Eng. mystic: founder of the Shakers in America (1776)
Lee, Charles 1731-82; Am. general in the Revolutionary War, born in England
Lee, Henry 1756-1818; Am. general in the Revolutionary War & statesman: called Light-Horse Harry Lee
Lee, Richard Henry 1732-94; Am. Revolutionary statesman: signer of the Declaration of Independence: cousin of Henry
Lee, Robert E(dward) 1807-70; commander in chief of the Confederate army in the Civil War: son of Henry
Lee, Tsung-Dao 1926-; Chin. physicist in the U.S.

See lee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Nautical The side away from the direction from which the wind blows.
An area sheltered from the wind: in the lee of the boulder.
Cover; shelter.

adjective

Nautical Of or relating to the side sheltered from the wind: the lee gunwale.
Located in or facing the path of an oncoming glacier. Used of a geologic formation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English le

Origin: , from Old English hlēo, shelter, protection; see kelə-¹ in Indo-European roots

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